BetteDavisEyes
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Agree 100% on this.
benbulben, :welcome: to Websleuths and Ally Brueger case discussion.
Agree 100% on this.
How did you get to take so many polygraph tests?
I cannot debunk the polygraph test from a position of authority, but I have read, written, and researched in the field of forensic linguistics at a prestigious university during my BA, MA, and PhD, focusing not only on speech but also physiological responses to receptive activity. I became particularly interested in the polygraph test since I realised how effective it was at putting innocent people in prison in the past. I can assert with 100% confidence that this test is as useful as a chocolate fireman.
benbulben, :welcome: to Websleuths and Ally Brueger case discussion.
OK so Im only up to page 26, so forgive me if anything I ask has already been answered. Firstly I want to thank Combatmedic for sharing what he has with us.
Alexs mom said she didnt take her phone when she went on her run. Why wouldnt she? Just about every runner I know, myself included, takes their phone with them on a run. We even buy waterproof cases worn on a belt or on our arms to keep them dry. They are cheap and easily available. Our phones arent just taken in case of emergency. Runners often have apps that record the route, the time taken to run it, the speed we run etc. Runners seem to be a curious breed (and I include myself in this) who love stats and it seems odd that Alex appeared to be a serious runner but would leave her phone behind? Plus wasnt it said that she was listening to music (gonna have to check back) but if she was then why would that be on anything but a smart phone which could save all the data from her run on it also? Shes also a woman running in a rural area alone. Runners dont like getting stranded injured somewhere so it would seem logical that she would take her phone to contact someone if she needed help. Moms explaination of her leaving the phone behind really doesnt make sense to me.
Secondly it was reported that she ran that route every day for years, but also reported she had just moved back to her parents, and commuted 90 minutes or so to work, so why would she drive 90 minutes or so several times a week to run one route? Answer? She didnt. That just doesnt make sense. Once in a while to run there, sure I can see that, but I cant imagine she would drive all that way and back for years, for her regular routine run. Something stinks here.
Glad to have you join us, Blef! You make good points about the phone; I had not thought about apps to track routes, runs, etc. I wasnt concerned about it before, but the more people share the amazing things many use their phones for, I am starting to question why she left it behind. She must have felt very safe in the area.
It seems pretty unlikely she ran that route every day for years . I need to check back through to find that mentioned.
I was thinking the same thing.I've wondered if someone had been harassing Ally on the phone :thinking: Maybe she left it home so she wasn't bothered by menacing calls.
Question for Blef (or anyone):
LE said she was "shot in the back four times"...I have a question about this statement from LE (link to article, is below) -- under the article's subhead "Everyone a Suspect" -- in the second paragraph of that section it reads: "There are a lot of things at the crime scene that points us to that she knew who this was," Shaw said.
Any ideas of what that could possibly mean? "A lot of things"? What kinds of things in that outdoor scene (assuming she was dressed to run) would indicate she knew her killer? I'm drawing a blank here.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...killed-jogging-rose-township-mother/90785580/
I've always had the feeling that the killer handed or showed something to Ally and may have spoken to her before he/she fired the shotgun. Ally felt threatened, turned to run away from the perp, and was shot in the back as she tried desperately to escape. I feel strongly that something was found at the scene that convinces LE that Ally knew her killer.
Thanks, BDE... that would make a lot of sense. I'm not sure if I read this in the thread or not, so to clarify: she did/did not drive to the running route area? (you know, how some runners park somewhere a little ways away first, for various reasons).
TIA!:smile: